The driving test booking service reopened on Friday 21
August 2020 for new bookings for the general public.
The service is only taking bookings for the next 6
weeks.
The service had been closed since 20 March 2020 because
of coronavirus (COVID-19), and DVSA had
only been dealing with applications for emergency
driving tests for critical workers during that time.
There has been unprecedented demand to use the service.
By 8pm on Friday 21 August, the service had been
visited almost 7 million times.
This has resulted in some people:
- having problems accessing the service
- not being able to complete their booking when
they’ve accessed the service
DVSA
apologises for the inconvenience this has caused.
Service unavailable until 8am on Wednesday 26
August 2020
DVSA is
taking the service offline until 8am on Wednesday 26
August 2020 to carry out essential maintenance.
This will help the service to cope with the increased
demand from the public.
The services that will be unavailable are:
- book your driving test
- change your driving test appointment
- check your driving test appointment details
- cancel your driving test
Gareth Llewellyn, DVSA Chief
Executive, said:
Coronavirus has severely impacted our business as
usual operations, including by stopping driving tests
in March. Since then DVSA
have only been dealing with applications for
emergency driving tests for critical workers.
Following unprecedented demand for the driving test
booking system with almost 7 million attempts to book
a test when it opened, we need to carry out urgent
maintenance so people can book tests.
We have to close the booking service until Wednesday
26 August and are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
